Hobbies and Crafts

Daff, the picture sounds great, I would love to see it, we couldnt see it , too much cloud....the way yo have framed it will look lovely I am sure.....hope you are doing o.k. J goes for his check up on thursday, He has already had the blood results and all was well.just need the consultant to agree....


Dizzi, I have replied to your mail......


love Jean xx

Yes Ann I am very much :-)))) - I miss the baby so much when Im not visiting so it really gives me something to focus on - I did download a few very nice fonts that will suit real well for titles for my pages -I am off seeing Mags on saturday for a curry night but wil take me books to show her.

Daff, stop playing on here!!!

When you lay it out it will come to you.

I want to scrap my photos of the full moon and Mars... it was so special it just took my breath away.... and I am just not sure how to start..... the photo has the ghostly skeletal branches of the trees in the forefront, and I love the effect... so want to keep that in somewhere... not now though... must get on with swearing at the cobwebs in my bedroom, lolol

Love

Daff xxxx

Lol Sarah, pushing around lovely papers does cheer you up doesn't it. Hope it works for you. Made two cards yesterday but not done a scrap page for a week now, better get back to it soon!!

Managed 4 pages at home on sunday once I'd had a sulk about my crop being cancelled. Feeling under the weather today, hate it when it's wet and miserable so am going to sit and push pieces of paper around see if that cheers me up

Dizzi, now you have started there is no stopping you. The tree with circle shapes sound great, draw a tree trunk free hand on card and cut it out.

Jan you are enjoying this aren't you?

JEAN I HAVE SENT YOU A EMAIL

FOUNDSOME PINK CARD WITH CIRCLES ON

SO CUT ROUND SOME AN MADE IT TREE SHAPE

NAMES AND DATES IN CIRCLES MAYBE

and this afternoon was spent downloading some different fonts :-))

Can I suggest that if anyone is interested in the tips on here that they copy and paste them into word or similar. Don't forget the previous thread disappeared.

Oh I would have known that Jan because that is how we used to fix photos in albums, I didn't realise you were doing it differently and couldn't think why it was difficult!!!!

ohhhhh doh!!!!
just googled and found this
The corners of the photograph are slipped into the triangular pockets which are then secured to the album page

I was doing what it said on the box which said position in photo album then add the photo!!

ohhhh thanks Von :-))

Oh Ann to be honest Im really pleased with the how it looks in the album now but it was just soooo damn fiddly - I was obvioulsy missing something along the way.
When I was visiting daughter we went to there Te*co supermarket it was a huge store but I found lots of craft type things in there some lovely stickers on bogof some really lovely papers and various odds n sods -needless to say I stocked up a bit and even got a nice little flower punch for £2.50 -(there were loads of diff sorts)
I took lots more photos for me albums and got a copy of babys foot print and birth cert :-))))))

thank you Von.

to be honest Jan I have not used them, when you have pracrised enough let us know the secret Lol!!!!

Hi
I'm sorry if this has been mentioned before but you can age paper by painting or spongeing a piece of computer paper with cold tea.
As an extra touch you can also burn the edges in a candle flame.
Make sure you have a bowl of water nearby to dip the paper in so it doesn't burn away too much and for safetys sake.
Once the paper is dry you can screw it up into a ball then smooth it out with your hands or an iron. Paper is very forgiving and you can get some lovely effects.
Another interseting thread Ann.thank you
Von

arggghhhh is there a trick/knack to using photo corners? took me about an hour for one photo lol

I HAVE A BOX OF CRAFT BITS FOR THE GRANDKIDS
AND FOUND A COUPLE OF SHEETS OF HANDMADE PAPER
FEELS LIKE MATERIAL,ITS ONLY A TEST,BUT IF I DO IT PROPERLY
MAY WORK,

Dizzi forget to say e-mail sent,


Jean x

Dizzi, what a brilliant idea, the photo looks lovely with the leaf at the back; one I will copy if thats o.k. with you...

Why oh why do I buy bulk packs of stuff lots of shapes and die cuts, frames etc....most came in plasic boxes, which will be useful when I off load some of the stuff....we just need to get J at the check up on thurs, then I am going to do some scrapping at last...

Ann, have you done yours yet? cant wait for some more ideas from your pics..... lol....


Love Jean xx

just thought i would let you know hobbie craft at sheffield was brill for old fashioned backing paper but i decided i would also try a craft shop local and exact same paper 20p cheaper and they were good with advice they have also helped me pick other bits n bobs that would match the paper she has told me to take it up when finished and anything i need to give her a ring so im chuffed with everything now i need to get on with it and thank you for the encouragement.